MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of José Alvarado
José Alvarado
PHI · P
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Portrait of Sean Manaea
Sean Manaea
NYM · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Sean Manaea.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Sean Manaea wins 2 categories (K, WHIP); José Alvarado wins 1 (ERA); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
José Alvarado
97.2
Sean Manaea
91.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
13.3%
Sean Manaea
11.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
José Alvarado
26.9%
Sean Manaea
21.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
José Alvarado
33.0%
Sean Manaea
31.5%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
29.6%
Sean Manaea
41.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
José Alvarado
4.9%
Sean Manaea
11.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
José Alvarado
.303
Sean Manaea
.340
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
José Alvarado
3.076.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.59
3.79
Sean Manaea
3.076.31
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.08
4.51
WHIPlower is better
José Alvarado
1.102.01
now 1.81
1.34
Sean Manaea
1.102.01
now 1.46
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
José Alvarado
4056.40
now 26
6
Sean Manaea
4056.40
now 42
9
Winshigher is better
José Alvarado
.0001.48
now 1
00
Sean Manaea
.0001.48
now 0
00

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
Buy LowJosé Alvarado — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
SellSean Manaea — sell.conf 0.81
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